Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion

Ms Marie O'Shea:

What I did uncover in terms of the later terminations of pregnancies was that bereavement supports are available in hospitals for those patients and the parents of the child. They are generally very well received and are under quite a lot of pressure. It came through in the UnPAC report that the can sometimes be a little presumptive on occasion as to how people want their carers to respond in terms of bereavement support to assist them or not and in terms of whether they want this to be seen as the loss of a child or the loss of-----

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